Saying that a member of a party leaving is "throwing it all away" is ridiculous. She tried to address the problems internally, didn't get her way, so she left.

Saying that a member of a party leaving is "throwing it all away" is ridiculous. She tried to address the problems internally, didn't get her way, so she left. Why would one have to continue being a member of a party that one disagrees with? Whether you agree with her reasons or not, people are and should be free to leave and join a political party as they want. Trying to cast people who leave as some sort of traitor to the cause is cult-like thinking.